Leachco Snoogle Total Body Pillow

The Snoogle is made from polyester and comes with a custom pillow you can remove for washing. The Leachco body pillow helps mom wake up refreshed and invigorated--and after baby is born, it is just right to support mother and child for nursing.

1. Yes, it is big and takes up space, however I now use two pillows instead of seven to get comfortable, so it's a lot less hassle to adjust when I roll over. I like to sleep with my belly propped on the long supportive side, but do find a need to keep a standard pillow on the side that has the opening, so if I turn over I have something to support my belly... otherwise my lower back is very achey by morning.
2. I like the curves at the top and bottom. When lying on my side, it supports head, neck, and knees. I also have awakened several times lying on my back, feeling VERY comfortably cradled (which is different for me, as I NEVER slept on my back pre-pregnancy).
3. I am a fuller figure mom, and the added pregnancy weight in my chest and stomach area by four months was causing significant problems with aches and acid reflux/heartburn pain. I find that this pillow can be manuevered to prop me up without shifting through the night, as my standard pillows did, which is imperative to lessen these discomforts.
4. After using it nightly for a few months, the filling has not lost any supportive qualities.

Over all, I do find sleeping with it to be more pleasurable than standard pillows, and my aches and pains upon waking are quite minimal. Reading other reviews, I cannot help but wonder if my being fuller-figured makes it a better product for me. I have a fuller-figured friend whose experience with it has been the same as mine. I could understand if it seems more imposing and cumbersome to a smaller framed woman, though.

I do regard it as a sleeping necessity at this time and am thankful to have received it as a present, however I took a "star off the rating" as I do not feel the materials are worthy of the price. It is no different from standard pillows in filling material or firmness. $$$ is quite an inflated price for a product whose only difference from other materials on the market is shape. If money is not an object, or nights are miserable and one is desperate, I could see investing the money. I personally will get the money's worth because I received it early in my pregnancy. (I would feel bad that my mom spent so much on it if I used it only for month or two, but that's just my opinion of value.) After pregnancy, I don't think that I will keep it in the bed, as I would prefer to lie next to my husband rather than a pillow. Right now I am so large that I can't get near my husband anyway without my belly getting in the way, so it's not a major problem that we have a barrier between us.

The other "star rating deduction" is about the "cover" that comes on it... It is made of a coarse fabric that causes mild discomfort when directly touching my skin. I rectified this problem by sewing my own cover (out of two yards of soft cotton fabric that added additional cost to the use of the product) that I traced from the cover that came with the pillow. This is not a pillow that one can just throw a regular pillow case on, so a custom one must be made or bought (if they even sell them). If you don't have the time or ability to do this, then the "scratchy" fabric could definitely pose a discomfort to sensitive skin. With my homemade cover, there is little STRUCTURALLY that I can complain about.

I DO use it daily and it offers me relief from a certain level of discomfort, however the bottom line is what price you put on comfort. For some, the comfort attained will not justify the price, for others it may be priceless to get even a small amount of relief.

My personal rating is 3/5 stars as it comes. If it were less costly and came with a soft pillow cover, I would change my rating to a 5/5 star.


Made sleeping easier   March 28, 2005
Baby Enthusiast
43 out of 44 found this review helpful

This pillow made me more comfortable at night and I could sleep easier. Around my fifth month, I had a hard time sleeping. I could not get comfortable and was awakened by frequent leg cramps. I put this pillow under my head, around my back and between my legs. It kept me on my left side during the night and the extra support between my legs lessened my leg cramps. The cover washed up very nicely and the pillow rolled up and fit right back into the plastic bag after my baby was born.

My only complaints are that it takes up so much room in the bed when the sheets are tucked in, the pillow case is difficult to get off and on when it needs to be washed and the pillow doesn't fit me as well as it does the woman in the picture. I am 5'10" and my head just fits on the top end and the bottom end goes between my thighs instead of my knees. But overall, I was very happy with this purchase.


Comfortable nights   March 26, 2002
Christy Johnson (Toledo, Oh)
20 out of 23 found this review helpful

I bought this pillow when I was only 5 months pregnant and just beginning to get uncomfortable at night. It is nice because it gives you the support everywhere you need it, and you don't need to use 4 or 5 separate pillows to achieve it. It can go in many different positions to conform to your own body-which ever feels best to you. I love it and hope that it will help me stay comfortable throughout my pregancy.


Waste of money   June 26, 2002
14 out of 16 found this review helpful

This is such a waste of money. It is not comfortable, it is cumbersome. If you are a tosser/turner - this is not for you. It is very difficult to move around in bed and I was becoming sore staying in a stationary position. Once it is opened, it can not be returned and you can not try it out without opening it so buy at your own risk. If you are having trouble sleeping b/c of your belly, I highly recommend the pregnancy pillow deluxe...it is simple but makes a big difference and allows you to move around in bed more easily.


Not what I thought   June 4, 2002
M. Fahey (MN, United States)
13 out of 18 found this review helpful

I purchased the Snoogle after reading good reviews and hearing that it would definitely help for sleeping comfortably. It didn't quite work that way for me. I suppose if you stay in one position while you sleep, it's great, but I tend to flip from side to side throughout the night; and with having the Snoogle wrapped around me, it was very difficult to flip from one side to the other. I got frustrated and just threw the thing off the bed and went back to using a regular bed pillow between my knees, which ended up being WAY more comfortable than the Snoogle. I found that the Snoogle was not as plush as my regular pillows are and did not provide adequate spacing between my knees for good back support. I should have just stuck with my regular bed pillows and saved myself [money]. The only reason I give it 2 stars is because my kids have gotten LOTS of use from it by using it to lay on while watching t.v. on the living room floor. They love it. So at least it will not go to total waste, but I definitely will not be reccommending this product to anyone I know.